Cheiriphotis megacheles

193. Cheiriphotis megacheles (Giles, 1885) Type locality: Bay of Bengal, India. Synonyms: Eurystheus hirsutus Giles, 1888; Melita megacheles Giles, 1885. Distribution. World: South Africa (Barnard 1955), Mozambique (Griffiths 1973), India (Giles 1885a). India: Western India Ecoregion: Gujarat (Srinivas et al. 2020); Kerala (Nair et al. 1983); Arabian Sea (Surya Rao 1972); South India Ecoregion: Kerala (Rabindranath 1971a); Tamil Nadu (Nayar 1966); Eastern India Ecoregion: Tamil Nadu (Nayar 1959; Lyla et al. 1998; Venkataraman 2007; Thilagavathi et al. 2013); Northern Bay of Bengal: Bay of Bengal (Surya Rao 1972; Giles 1885a as Melita megacheles Giles, 1885; Giles 1888 as Eurystheus hirsutus Giles, 1888).Published as part of Thacker, Dimple, Patel, Krupal, Myers, Alan, Guerra-García, José M., Zeidler, Wolfgang & Trivedi, Jigneshkumar, 2023, Annotated Checklist of Marine Amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of India, pp. 1-90 in Zootaxa 5340 (1) on pages 62-63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5340.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/832409